The women's Final Four will have a familiar feel to it with three of last year's teams back in the national semifinals. UConn, Notre Dame and Maryland all return to the Final Four while South Carolina is making its first appearance. ''That's the way it is in women's basketball,'' UConn coach Geno…

Breanna Stewart is among the best players in women's basketball, and she never takes it for granted. Connecticut's star junior earned All-America honors from The Associated Press for the second straight season Tuesday. Notre Dame's Jewell Loyd was also on all 35 ballots selected by the national…

Getting to the Final Four never gets old for Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 27 points to help UConn beat Dayton 91-70 on Monday night to advance to the national semifinals for an eighth straight season. Some kids don't get to go once.'' Now the Huskies stand two…

Every shot she took in the regional semifinals failed to fall through the net and even though Maryland advanced, she believed an expression of regret was in order. Brown's actions on Monday night were plenty, helping lead Maryland back to the Final Four for the second straight year and pushing…

The immediate pain made it difficult for Nina Davis to think about Baylor's bright future. Baylor's lone senior this season was 6-foot-4 center and law school student Sune Agbuke, who played a career-high 35 minutes Sunday in her final game. The Lady Bears (33-4) will add Duke transfer Alexis Jones…

It would be easy to forgive Muffet McGraw if she started taking Final Four appearances for granted. After all, the Notre Dame women's coach has become a regular of sorts on college basketball's biggest stage - reaching her fifth straight Final Four with a 77-68 win over No. 2 seed Baylor on Sunday…

Connecticut's governor and UConn's athletic director called on the NCAA on Monday to consider moving next year's Women's Final Four out of Indianapolis unless changes are made to Indiana's new religious-objections law. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other critics contend the law would allow businesses…

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley climbed the ladder, snipped the final strand of net and raised it as thousands of garnet-clad fans cheered. Staley and the Gamecocks are headed to their first Final Four. Tiffany Mitchell scored seven of her 21 points in the final 2 minutes, and South Carolina beat…

Tennessee's Final Four drought continues for one more year. Fortunately for the Lady Vols, reinforcements are on the way. Tennessee's season ended Monday with a 58-48 loss to Maryland in the Spokane Region final, leaving the Lady Vols just shy of the Final Four once again. This loss came exactly…

Notre Dame star Jewell Loyd struggled with her shot for the second straight game. Lindsay Allen was there again to help the Fighting Irish advance. Allen scored 23 points and top-seeded Notre Dame beat Baylor 77-68 in the Oklahoma City regional final Sunday night to reach its fifth consecutive…